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GROMWELL B. DICKEY, E MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO PITTSBURGH PLATEGLASS COMP, A CORPORATION OE PENNSYLV.

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Application filed. October 4, 1921. Serial No. 505,236.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CROMWELL BLDIGKEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have made a new and useful Invention in Improvements inBoxes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to paper box conl0 struction, and has for its mainobjects the provision of a box of the type which can be made and shippedfor use in knockdown form, which can be readily assembled and packed,and which is exceedingly cheap as compared with the solid pasteboardcartons now used as a container for a similar class of product, butwhich at the same time is suficiently substantial tor the purpose andpresents substantially the same appearance 2o as the solid carton. Oneembodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pasteboard carton or reinforcingforming at the inner portion of the box. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe carton after it has been placed in the fiat bottom bag constitutingthe outer portion of the box. Fig. 3 is a vertical section throu h thecomplete box as finally sealed up. nd Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe completed box.

The inner portion of the box comprises the pasteboard carton shown inFig. 1, having the sides 1, 2, 3, 4:, and the closure flaps for the end,5, 6, 7 and 8. This carton is stamped out of a single piece ofpasteboard and made so that it folds up flat for shipping and storagepurposes.

The outer portion of the box consists of the bag 9 as shown in Fig.2,such bag having a fiat bottom and being of such cross sectional sizethat the pasteboard carton may be slipped into it and fits snugly asindicated in Fig. 2. This bag may consist t of one or more layers, twolayers often being employed as illustrated, either to give additionalstren h or to rovide an inner layer of special materia such as waxed paer, suitable for giving a more eflective sea g efiect and protecting thecontents of the box.

In assembling the carton and bag the flaps at the bottom of the cartonare folded in so as to form a closure for the lower end of the cartonand secured in position either by pasting or other suitable means. Afterthe bag and carton are assembled as indicated in Fig. 2, the materialwhich the box is to contain is placed therein and the portion of the bagextending above the upper edge of the carton is folded over and pastedor otherwise secured in position as indicated at 10 in Fig. 4:, thuscompleting the package.

, The bag may be provided with any suitable descriptive or advertisingmatter and the completed box has every appearance of the solidpasteboard box heretofore used for a similar purpose. If it is desiredthat additional stillness be given to the carton, it may be provided atits upper end with closure flaps corresponding to those at the lowerend, but in many cases this is not necessary, the bottom closure of thecarton giving the necessary stillness to the box. The cost is, ofcourse, less with the carton without the closure flaps at the upper endand the process of filling the box is simplified and made easier if theclosure flaps at the upper end of the carton are omitted.

The advantages of the construction incident to its simplicity, cheapnessand ease in handling will be readily apparent to those skilled in theart, as well as the advantages of low cost and the saving in spaceincident to the knockdown character of the box as compared with thesolid paper boxes of similar appearanceand strength.

What ll claim is:

l. A paper box comprising a folding ock down pasteboard carton havingits side walls hinged together and having overlapping fiaps hinged tothe side Walls and forming an end closure and stifi'ener for the cartonwhen the sides of the carton are brought into position of use at rightangles to each other, rectangular in cross section of greater lengththan the carton, into which the carton fits snugly with its closed endin opposition to the closed end of the bag, the other end of the bagbeing folded down and secured over the other end of the carton and thebox being adapted to be filled after insertinlg'the carton into the bag.

2. paper box comprising a folding lmock down pasteboard carton havingits side walls hinged together and having over and a flat bottomed bag Qmeenee lapping flaps hinged to the side Walls and over the open end 01fthe carton to form orming an end closure and stiflener for the closurethereof.

the carton at one end thereof when the sides In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto of the carton are brought into position of subscribed myname this 26th day of Sep- 5 use at right angles to each other, andhavtember, 1921.

ing the other end open, and a flat bottomed beg rectangular in crosssection, into which CROMWIJL DICKEY' the carton fits snugly with itsclosed end \Witnesses: in opposition to the closed end of the bag, R.NO'WOTNY,

no the other end of the bag being folded down P. C. Comm

